CVE-2008-2809
Mozilla 1.9 M8 and earlier, Mozilla Firefox 2 before 2.0.0.15, SeaMonkey 1.1.5 and other versions before 1.1.10, Netscape 9.0, and other Mozilla-based web browsers, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla 1.9 M8 and earlier, Mozilla Firefox 2 before 2.0.0.15, SeaMonkey 1.1.5 and other versions before 1.1.10, Netscape 9.0, and other Mozilla-based web browsers, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the DN field, regard the certificate as also accepted for all domain names in subjectAltName:dNSName fields, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate for a spoofed web site.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.24% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/geckb · mozilla/seamonkey · netscape/navigator
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
- http://nils.toedtmann.net/pub/subjectAltName.txt
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30878
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30903
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30911Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31069
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31076
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31253
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31286
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31403
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3498
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018979
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.